India and Australia used their first World Twenty20 group matches to underline their respective claims to this year’s title, while Pakistan’s claims to back-to-back victories look to have faded.
The group match between Australia and Pakistan offered a litmus test for each team’s respective World Twenty20 chances after vastly different campaigns in England last year.
Under Michael Clarke, who took over Australia’s Twenty20 captaincy from Ricky Ponting late last year, Australia made a confident start to their Caribbean tournament, dispatching the defending champions with a 34-run victory.
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